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anybody had any issues with using nomad to put sporting events on their devices? i dvr'd the rangers - canucks game last night and it wouldn't complete the preparing / download process.

a few questions / theories:

- i'm not an nhl center ice subscriber. the game is part of the free preview going on until the 24th. is it possible that the nomad is doing some sort of authorization check and, seeing that i'm not a subscriber, not allowing me to put the game on my ipad?

- i know it's been mentioned before that nomad doesn't allow the transfer of pay per views. does directv categorize all sports subscriptions as pay-per-view, and therefore any sporting event recorded from mlb extra innings, nfl sunday ticket, nhl center ice, etc. cannot be moved onto your device of choice?

- is this prohibition just for sporting events shown on seasonal subscriptions, or is it league / sport-wide? as an example, should i be able to record and transfer hockey games recorded off of nbc, nhl network, versus, fox sports west / prime ticket, etc., or does directv's deal with the nhl preclude any games from being transferred?

I am. I've tried to download two different hockey games. Neither completed the "preparing" process so neither could be downloaded. I did a manual record on NHL CI channel (set for 3 hours; not 6). Shows recorded fine and can be watched on our home DVRs. I watched one game get down to about 58 minutes left of preparation and then it reset and went back to 3 hours ( and a few minutes). It did that twice before I cancelled the download. DVR that recorded the game was not in use during the prep time. I really want to figure this out; one of the main reasons for getting a nomad was to watch late night hockey games the following day when not at home.EDIT/Added: On my nomad System Info, it says I have 10.24 GB free of 15.26GB. Should be enough room for a 3-hour show, correct?

I just re-read the whole thread and am a little confused on one thing. If a program is in the process of 'downloading' to the nomad and you start a MRV from that DVR, the nomad takes a back seat. But does it pick up where it left off or does it need to start all over?

Also, I think this has already been mentioned, but DirecTV needs to be more consistent in their terminology on this. If you have set up a show to download (DVR to nomad), the main screen shows a bar at the bottom that says downloading 1 of 1, but click on the little up arrow to expand it, it says 'preparing'. IMO the term 'prepare' or 'tanscode' should be used on any screen when talking about shows being moving from the DVR to the nomad. And 'download' or 'transfer' should be used when talking about the show moving from the nomad to the device. It can be confusing if you have several processes going on at the same time and the screens are inconsistent.

I just re-read the whole thread and am a little confused on one thing. If a program is in the process of 'downloading' to the nomad and you start a MRV from that DVR, the nomad takes a back seat. But does it pick up where it left off or does it need to start all over?

I just re-read the whole thread and am a little confused on one thing. If a program is in the process of 'downloading' to the nomad and you start a MRV from that DVR, the nomad takes a back seat. But does it pick up where it left off or does it need to start all over?

Also, I think this has already been mentioned, but DirecTV needs to be more consistent in their terminology on this. If you have set up a show to download (DVR to nomad), the main screen shows a bar at the bottom that says downloading 1 of 1, but click on the little up arrow to expand it, it says 'preparing'. IMO the term 'prepare' or 'tanscode' should be used on any screen when talking about shows being moving from the DVR to the nomad. And 'download' or 'transfer' should be used when talking about the show moving from the nomad to the device. It can be confusing if you have several processes going on at the same time and the screens are inconsistent.

They are pretty consistent. The problem is they only allow you to set up stuff to download. So when you tell it to download a show, you are actually setting up 2 steps, the transcoding and the transferring to the device. If the program is already transcoded then it just skips that step.

What needs to happen is DirecTV needs to separate these two steps. You should be able to set up shows for transcoding and transferring to a device separately.

My guess is they did it the way it is currently to cause less confusion. People wouldn't be calling up saying "I set my Nomad to transcode these shows but they aren't on my device" because they weren't going through the separate step to actually transfer it.

Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
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One can effectively make it two steps: After choosing programs to transcode, quit the nomad app.

Yes, and that is what I currently do. The annoying thing is though that it starts downloading everything as soon as you start the app back up though. So like last night, I set up about 50 things to transcode because I am getting ready to leave on a week long trip. I don't know yet if I am going to take my wife's iPad, or just my iPhone, so I don't want it to transfer anything to any devices yet. I do want them to get transcoded though so once I figure out what device I am taking I can then just transfer them over.

Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
-by Jack Handy

I was expecting the default would be to transcode and download, with an option to just transcode. Similar to the checkbox we have today, you could select not to download.

I agree it needs to be as simple as possible, so the default will be what most folks intend.

I also had to chose which device to use for the download, my laptop or my iPad. My iPad was mostly for the plane, since it has limited space, but much longer battery life. The laptop has much more space, but very limited battery. I went back and forth a few times before starting the downloads.

Step one - select 'download to iPad' from the DVR list (that is already misleading because that is not what it is actually going to do yet). Now go back to the main screen and it says downloading 1 of 1 on the bottom. Well, does that mean downloading to the iPad or to the nomad? (yes I know what it's doing). But then select the up arrow on the right and the screen now says:

DownloadingPrograms will download after preparing.

So why does the previous screen say it's downloading when this say it will download later?

Then below that it says: Preparingxxxxxxxxxx min left

Which is actually what it is doing (and what I think the other screen should say). Then later when a program is ready, you are once again given screens that say downloading (to the iPad).

Did anyone who downloaded the one that gave them trouble actually look and see what version the app said it was under system info? I'm curious if there ever really was a 1.8.1 or if it was the 1.0.1 that I am now running. As noted above, my other device still has 1.0.0, so I do have some sort of update or at least verion number change.

Did anyone who downloaded the one that gave them trouble actually look and see what version the app said it was under system info? I'm curious if there ever really was a 1.8.1 or if it was the 1.0.1 that I am now running. As noted above, my other device still has 1.0.0, so I do have some sort of update or at least verion number change.

I downloaded what was listed on the App Store as 1.8.1, but your post made me check, and System Info is showing my iPad2 is running 1.0.1.

Based on how the betas were numbered, my guess is the internal numbering scheme is different than the NR numbering scheme, and last night's release was published with the wrong file name at first, and they've since corrected it. Just my .02.

... and last night's release was published with the wrong file name at first, and they've since corrected it. Just my .02.

But corrected to what? It's now showing the original version (and description) again. I guess I'm trying to figure out if they pulled the 1.0.1 that I am now running or what. I have not had any problems, but if they pulled it for a reason.....

But corrected to what? It's now showing the original version (and description) again. I guess I'm trying to figure out if they pulled the 1.0.1 that I am now running or what. I have not had any problems, but if they pulled it for a reason.....

Could just be an App Store update issue. I've heard from developers that it sometimes takes 24-48 hours for updates to propagate.

Even if they pulled it, that version we d/l'd last night seems to be working fine. Doesn't look any different from a UI standpoint than 1.0, so whatever's changed is UTH.